The bipolar budding pattern of a/a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells appears to depend on persistent spatial markers. Genetic analysis reported here indicates that BUD8 and BUD9 potentially encode components of the markers at the distal and proximal poles, respectively. Mutants deleted for BUD8 or BUD9 bud exclusively from the proximal and distal poles, respectively, and the double-mutant phenotype suggests that the bipolar budding pathway has been totally disabled. Moreover, overexpression of these genes can cause either an increased bias for budding at the distal (BUD8) or proximal (BUD9) pole or a randomization of bud position, depending on the level of expression. Both molecules are related plasma membrane glycoproteins that are both N- and O-glycosylated. Each protein was localized predominantly in the expected location, with Bud8p delivered to the presumptive bud site just before bud emergence, and Bud9p delivered to the bud side of the mother-bud neck just before cytokinesisis. Promoter-swap experiments revealed the importance of time of transcription in localization: expression of Bud8p from the BUD9 promoter leads to its localization predominantly in the sites typical for Bud9p, and vice versa. Moreover, expression of Bud8p from the BUD9 promoter fails to rescue the budding-pattern defect of a bud8 mutant but fully rescues that of a bud9 mutant. However, although expression of Bud9p from the BUD8 promoter fails to rescue a bud9 mutant, it also rescues only partially the budding-pattern defect of a bud8 mutant. / Using a collection of mutants individually deleted for almost every yeast gene, I undertook a genome-wide phenotype analysis for altered sensitivity to a yeast antifungal protein, the K1 killer toxin. Mutations in most genes have no effect on toxin sensitivity, with less than 10% having a phenotype. Only 4% of these were previously known to have a toxin phenotype. There is a markedly non-random functional distribution of mutants with a toxin phenotype. Many genes fall into a limited set of functional classes or modules, which define specific areas of cellular function. These include known pathways of cell wall synthesis and signal transduction, and offer new insights into these processes and into cell wall morphogenesis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.38254 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Page, Nicolas. |
| Contributors | Bussey, Howard (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Biology.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: 001871574, proquestno: NQ78748, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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